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This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
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whenever i try to boot up my pc into the gui i just get a funky screen all stretched looking and my mouse pointer. I can move my mouse but i cannot do anything else. I am running Red Hat 7.3 please help me. Let me know what other information you may be needing to assist me. Sorry for lack thereof i am just starting to use linux and i am a complete newbie at it.

i dont know how to run redhat-config-xfree86 what the cmd to have it go? i was told by someone to check out xconfig too but like i said before i am totally new to linux so i am also not sure how to run that.

Have you recently used that monitor with that same video card and had it working properly? I say this because I had the same problem a while back when I hooked up my roommate's old monitor to his new box (which was running Windows XP(losion)) and the same thing you are describing happened. Fact of the matter was the monitor couldn't handle the refresh rates being pumped out by the high-end AGP video card. Had to replace the monitor.